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The tower in the distance is the Liverpool Municipal Building, constructed by the Corporation when the Town Hall proved too small.

Actually, several more things have disappeared, including the signpost, which has been replaced by much smaller signs that are partially covered by the hedge.

One became St Edmund's Hotel, which was acquired by the Angel in 1963.

The twenty-four foot-high monument was built of Bath stone by the firm of H H Martin of Cheltenham, and was completed in 1921. It stands at the junction of five roads.

The Worcester-Hereford line opened in 1860, operated by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (fondly known as the Old Worse and Worse) until absorbed into the Great Western Railway in 1863.

It was acquired by the council in the 1920s and named after the Flemish village where the Worcestershire Regiment made a heroic charge in October 1914, helping to save Ypres and halting the German advance

Already licensed by the mid 18th century, the Angel Inn (left) stands at the junction of the High Street and London Road.

A bell was given to the church in 1981 by the John Howland Society of America: at the time of religious intolerance, Howland emigrated from Fenstanton to America aboard the Mayflower in 1620

The town is dominated by the Market Place and the church of St Lawrence.

Abergavenny's origins lie in the Roman fort of Gobannium, established by the Romans to protect their road up the river Usk.

This massive medieval structure, formed of flint and ruddy Dutch bricks, squats close by the river, near Bishop Bridge.

The abbey possessed a magnificent library full of early medieval writings, which in the 12th century was presided over by the historian William of Malmesbury.

The fine avenue of box trees was removed - box wood was in great demand by the Luton hat makers for use as blocking moulds - and houses and shops were built.

Fortunately for the village, it is now by- passed by the busy A22, but until then traffic had to negotiate this very sharp bend, and the London to Eastbourne traffic made the centre of

The Swan pub on the right, built in the 1880s, now has a car park replacing the outbuilding by the sign.

This area was built by the mill owner Titus Salt as a model industrial village alongside a canal, river and railway, well away from the pollution of Bradford.

He kindly presented it to the people to be managed by the National Trust.

In 1924, Richmond House, a large house with extensive grounds on the river-front by the Embankment, came into council ownership, following an unsuccessful bid at auction, a fumbled attempt at compulsory

It is now shared by the Methodists and the United Reformed Church.

In a street of attractive buildings the eyecatcher is prominent to the right of the photograph: the fine, classical brick-faced Methodist Church of 1815 by the Rev. William Jenkins (1763-1844).

As there were two separate corporations running their parts of the ferry system, you could tell the corporation the boats belonged to by the funnel colours.

This waterway was one of the last to be dug, and had a short commercial life because of successful poaching of its business by the railways.

By the 1830s over thirty miles of canal had been constructed, which was used to transport 50,000 tons of sea sand a year from the north Cornwall coast for use as fertiliser on inland farms.

It was founded by the Rev John Mason Neale, who was among other things a prolific hymn writer, the author of 'O come, O come, Immanuel'.